Tredici Bacci’s Simon Hanes on Making Space for Magic to Happen (and the ’70s)
Simon Hanes of NYC’s Tredici Bacci and Guerilla Toss stops by to tell us about his new record, composing Italian funk tunes, and more!
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What We Learned from ‘Composers or Types of Pasta’
Thanks to a hilarious internet quiz, we’ve discovered works from 8 spectacular Italian composers that we definitely thought were types of pasta.
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Scarlatti and Rossini Prove That Cat-Inspired Composing Is Hundreds of Years Old
We’ve written on cats in classical music before, so this should come as no surprise to the casual Flypaper reader, but, yes, we are that excited. “Cat mania” has certainly reached new heights in the Internet Age, with “Grumpy Cat” earning over twenty million views on YouTube and searches for “cat merchandise” yielding over ten thousand results…
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An Introduction to Italian Songwriters: Part II (1980-2013)
What follows is a personal selection of some of the most influential and revolutionary Italian songwriters: a mix of politics, poetry, sentiment and history. This is Part II of a two part series. Read “Part I: 1958-1978” here. DISCLAIMER: This is just an introduction. It is nearly impossible to sum up a vast and prolific repertoire like…
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An Introduction to Italian Songwriters: Part I (1958-1978)
By Stef Fiorendi What follows is a personal selection of some of the most influential and revolutionary Italian songwriters: a mix of politics, poetry, sentiment and history. This is Part I of a two part series. Read “Part II: 1980-2013” here. DISCLAIMER: This is just an introduction. It is nearly impossible to sum up a vast and…
